Nov

The Girl Effect

Filed Under (Global Perspective, Social Studies) by Mrs. Braidwood on 16-11-2010 and tagged children's rights, education, girl effect, human rights, responsibility

Since the beginning of this year, Division 2 has been learning about our rights and responsibilities as Canadian citizens. They are outlined in our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which was added to our constitution in 1982. Our Prime Minister at the time, named Pierre Trudeau, had a vision of a multicultural country based on human rights and the protection of individual freedoms. His dream was a “Just Society”. He spent a total of 16 years in office making him one of our longest running prime ministers of all time.

As Canadian citizens, we have discovered we have many rights and to help maintain these rights for us and others, we also have responsibilities.

Now we have started to compare our rights with the rights of people in other countries. We’re noticing that people do not always have as many rights as we do, especially children. And girls are less likely to have as many rights as boys. For example, we have the right to an education in Canada whereas 113 million children around the world are denied an education – 60% are girls. That’s almost 68 million girls! Surprisingly, we have found out that water can prevents girls from going to school. Water? Do you know why? When access to water is limited, it often becomes the girl’s job to fetch it. This can take hours every day. Hours that could be spent in school if clean water was available much closer. We want to help empower women and girls to rise above the inequalities that exist worldwide. Will you help us by watching the video below? We would like all of our readers to consider the Girl Effect.

13 Responses to “The Girl Effect”

Kalliese Says:
November 17th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Dear, Mrs.Braidwood
I think that video was right, every girl deserves a chance to go to school and then if she gets a loan she can get animals and she can make money and help her family and she can spread that every girl is as valuable as a boy. I think aids is a disease that is very bad and some places arent very developed, and they need education and then they will know how it is spread and we have the power to do that. And if we dont teach them they will go with there beliefs and sprad the dieasese. What do you think is wrong with there beliefs?

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Kalliese Says:
November 18th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Hey Mrs.Braidwood!
The video is very right! All girls are valuable and they deserve a chance to live a better life, most girls in places like that are or at risk for getting very sick(HIV AIDS). And then most of them aren’t given a chance to go to school, and then they are sold and worked like pack mules to make money for there family (Some are only paid 1$ a day). So we have the power to make the girls and there villages a better place. What would you fix in the village if you had the chance to?

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- Eli Says:
  November 28th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
  @Kalliese
  I agree with you Kalliese all girls should be valued just as much as boys. All girls should get a chance to go to school to get an education, be protected by HIV, and not work all day just for a dollar. If I had the chance to fix something in a village I would either get them clean water, or a school that would allow girls and boys an education!
  
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Janis Says:
November 18th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Hello Mrs. Braidwood,

I’m Janis from Ms. Nichols’ homeroom. I think this post is very interesting, because you had a point about this girl-getting-the-water thing. Please keep posting interesting things, and visit us at http://www.missnichols.edublogs.org. Thanks in advance!

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Destiny Says:
November 19th, 2010 at 10:22 am
Hey this is Destiny from Peace Love and Cupcakes on Mr. Miller’s blog.
Well your post was just WOW amazing that is so true. Most girls around the world don’t get to learn and my opinion is so unfair isn’t it? Yeah well I hope that you have more posts soon. Like that amazing one you just wrote. Well keep it up and good luck Ripple Effect blog posters.
Thanks w/b soon

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Ariel Says:
November 19th, 2010 at 10:42 am
Hi,I’m Ariel and I really liked the video a lot I really wanted to cry a little.I want to watch it again I’ve watched it like three times already.I love it!

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- kayleeg2 Says:
  November 27th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
  @ Ariel
  It’s Kaylee from Mrs Braidwood’s class and I’m in grade 6. I know that video is really moving and interisting. I love it to! Thanks for checking out our class blog. You can visit my blog at (www.kayleeg2.edublogs.org). Do you have a blog i can visit?
  
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Anthony Says:
November 19th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
I really liked the video you made. I liked the way you scrabbled the words. And the way you crossed out the words with those big lines. I hope you make more videos.

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Andrea Says:
November 19th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Wow that is so true many people think that boys are better than girls and I think that it is not true because many girls have proved that we are equal to boys.I loved your blog post and your video. I hope I hear from you soon.

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Vanessa Says:
November 19th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Hi it is Vanessa from Mr. Miller’s blog and Mr. Miller’s room. I think that the rights and responsibilities in Canada are very neat. I haven’t seen the video yet but I hope that I get to that. I think it is also cool that you were learning about your rights and responsibilities of Canada. I hope that I can learn about the rights and responsibilities of America or California.

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- Connor Says:
  November 30th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
  @ Vanessa
  Thank you for commenting on The ripple effect. You really should work towards watching that video. It makes a lot of sense.
  I believe you have a point with the rights of Canada. I’ve seen a lot of American T.V shows saying Canada is the greatest place to live. It makes me proud. How do you feel about it?
  
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Lexi Says:
November 22nd, 2010 at 9:11 am
Hi Mrs.Braidwood, this video is totally right and I love the effects with the words. People should be very grateful with all the rights that we have in our country. Now that I saw other counrties conditions I apperciate our country more. The Girl effect could totally work. When we did the vow of silence with all the pledges we got is that going towards a girl to buy a cow or goat?

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Dakota Says:
November 22nd, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Hey Mrs Braidwood!
I think that this video Is so right that if you just gave girls a chance around the world they could make a HUGE difference.
As the video shows that one girl can start off with something SO small and make a HUGE difference like give a village clean water. And it could all of started off with just one Cow. Then it could turn into a herd as she raises money. Now thats a Ripple Effect!

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